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INTER – RATER AGREEMENT FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH AYURVEDIC CLASSIFICATIONSInter-Rater Agreement • April 28th, 2019
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by joint swelling, joint tenderness, and destruction of synovial joints, leading to severe disability and premature mortality. Rheumatologists face unique challenges in discriminating between rheumatologic and non-rheumatologic disorders with similar manifestations, and in discriminating among rheumatologic disorders with shared features. In Ayurvedic classics the chronic inflammatory joint diseases are classified under different terminologies like Vatasonita, Amavata, Sandhigata vata, are the important classification /diagnosis in comparison to Rheumatoid Arthritis. In addition to these three terminologies, kadeesoola, sandhisoola etc also considered by some physicians. Two individuals using identical methodology on identical samples (reproducibility) to obtain the same result. The objective of the study was to find out the inter-rater reliability in diagnosing the joint disorders using Ayurvedic termi
